The Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Office for the Western District of Missouri, announced last week that a former owner of multiple franchised restaurants was resentenced for a more than $5.5 million bank fraud scheme, increasing his initial one-year, one-day sentence to five years without parole.

OAK BROOK, Ill.—Amidst the burger wars the largest three burger chains continue to show strength. Of the big three, McDonald's same-restaurant sales were up the highest, by a Big Mac-sized 5.4 percent in the United States during the first quarter of 2016.

DUBLIN—This morning Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) announced that its 67-year old chief executive officer and president Emil Brolick will officially retire in May 2016, a few months shy of his fifth-year anniversary as CEO.

Worldwide protests against major franchise fast food chains took place in over 30 countries on May 15. The protests first began in New York at the end of 2012 and are being heavily promoted by the Service Employees International Union (S.E.I.U.).

With McDonald's ranked number one in burger chains and Burger King pegged just one place behind at number two, the difference in revenues at their restaurants is huge: the average MickeyD takes in more than twice as much as BK.